Office of Biological and Environmental Research
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
[ERSP is now Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Program (SBR)]
| Monday April 16, 2007 - 4th Floor, Rm N4-849/N4-765) | |
| All Morning Arrival of ERSD (now CESD) PIs, Co-PIs, ERSD (now CESD) program staff and guest speakers at the Lansdowne National Conference Center. | |
| 1:00 PM | Welcome/Opening Comments (ERSD (now CESD) Program Staff) |
| 1:10 PM | Programmatic Overview Outlook for the Future (ERSD (now CESD) Program Staff) |
| 2:00 PM | EM Roadmap for the Future (Mark Gilbertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management) |
| 2:30 PM | SERDP-ESTCP: Addressing DoD Environmental Issues through R&D (Bradley Smith, SERDP Executive Director) |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Office of Legacy Management Land and Site Management (Rich Bush, LM Site Manager) |
| 4:00 PM | White Memorial Lecture (Tommy Phelps, ORNL) |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Poster Session (Group A) - 2nd Floor, Rm N2-150 |
| 8:30 PM | Adjourn |
| Tuesday April 17, 2007 - 4th Floor, Rm N4-849/N4-765) | |
| 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee and Breakfast |
| Microbial Physiology and Env. Genomics of Radionuclide Reduction | |
| 8:30 AM | Genome-Based Molecular Analysis and and In Silico Modeling of In Situ Uranium Bioremediation (D. Lovley, Univ. Massachusetts) |
| 9:00 AM | Molecular Mechanism of Microbial Uranium and Technetium Reduction (T. DiChristina, Georgia Tech) |
| 9:30 AM | Responses of Desulfovibrio vulgaris to Physiological Constraints Relevant to Bioremediation in the Field (M. Fields, Montana State Univ.) |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| Contaminant Metal Biotransformation (Hg and U) | |
| 10:30 AM | Integrating the Molecular Machines of Mercury Detoxification into Host Cell Biology (A. Summers, Univ. Georgia) |
| 11:00 AM | Microbial Pathways for the Mobilization of Mercury as Hg(0) in Anoxic Subsurface Environments (H. Wiatrowski, Rutgers Univ.) |
| 11:30 AM | Geochemical, Genetic, and Community Controls on Mercury Methylation (A. Palumbo, ORNL) |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Free Time |
Integrated Field-Scale Research Challenge: Old Rifle UMTRA
Site |
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| 3:00 PM | Overview of the Rifle IFRC, previous experiments, hypotheses, planned research, and available site data. (Phil Long, PNNL) |
| 3:20 PM | DOE-LM Perspective on science needs and the Rifle IFRC. (Rich Bush, UMTRA program manager) |
| 3:25 PM | Biogeochemistry and reactive transport modeling of in situ biostimulation experiments at the Rifle site. (S. Yabusaki, PNNL) |
| 3:45 PM | Rifle IFRC geochemistry and abiotic U(VI) reactions under iron-reducing conditions. (J. Davis, USGS) |
| 4:10 PM | Protein measurements for assessment of subsurface microbial activity under biostimulated conditions. (J. Banfield, UC-Berkeley) |
| 4:35 PM | Hydrogeophysics and electrical methods for monitoring TEAPs at the Rifle IFRC. (K. Williams, LBNL) |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Poster Session (Group B) - 2nd Floor, Rm N2-150 |
| 8:30 PM | Adjourn |
| Wednesday April 18, 2007 - (4th Floor, Rm N4-849/N4-765) | |
| 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee and Breakfast |
| Radionuclide Fate and Transport in the Subsurface | |
| 8:30 AM | Precipitation of U(VI) in low-temperature Si-Na-H2O±CO2±feldspar systems (K. Nagy, Univ. Illinois/Chicago) |
| 9:00 AM | Microscopic Mass Transfer Kinetics of Uranium in Contaminated Sediments (C. Liu, PNNL) |
| 9:30 AM | Uranium Immobilization via Phosphate Injection into the Subsurface at the Hanford 300 Area (D. Wellman, PNNL) |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| Contaminant Fate and Transport Modeling and Simulation | |
| 10:30 AM | Scale Dependence of Biogeochemical Reaction Rates: Experimental and Modeling Approaches (C. Steefel, LBNL) |
| 11:00 AM | The effect of U(VI) bioreduction rate on subsequent reoxidation of UO2 (B. Burgos, Penn State Univ.) |
| 11:30 AM | Coupling Between Flow and Precipitation in Heterogeneous Subsurface Environments and Effects on Contaminant Fate and Transport (G. Redden, INL) |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | Free Time |
Integrated Field-Scale Research Challenge: Hanford 300
Area |
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| 3:00 PM | Science concept, site attributes, and opportunities for collaborative research (John Zachara, PNNL) |
| 3:20 PM | Relationship of project to other Hanford remediation activities (M. Thompson, DOE) |
| 3:30 PM | Multi-scale mass transfer as the key science issue (C. Liu, PNNL) |
| 3:45 PM | Infiltration and injection sites and example experiments (M. Rockhold, PNNL) |
| 4:05 PM | Characterization of field experiment sites (A. Ward, PNNL) |
| 4:15 PM | The IFRC subsurface as a microbial habitat (J. Fredrickson) |
| 4:30 PM | Modeling approaches and issues (P. Lichtner, LANL) |
| 4:45 PM | Site and data management (M. Freshley, PNNL) |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Poster Session (Group C) - 2nd Floor, Rm N2-150 |
| 8:30 PM | Adjourn |
| Thursday April 19, 2007 - (4th Floor, Rm N4-849/N4-765) | |
| 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee and Breakfast |
| Radionuclide Biogeochemistry (U and Tc) | |
| 8:30 AM | Technetium and Iron Biogeochemistry in Suboxic Subsurface Environments with Emphasis on the Hanford Site (J. Zachara, PNNL) |
| 9:00 AM | Biogeochemical Process Heterogeneity Impacting Contaminant Dynamics in Subsurface Environments (S. Fendorf, Stanford Univ.) |
| 9:30 AM | Microcantilever Sensors for In Situ Subsurface Characterization (T. Thundat, ORNL) |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| Mechanisms of Uranium Immobilization/Remobilization | |
| 10:30 AM | Investigations of coupled biogeochemical processes affecting the transformation of U: Integration of synchrotron-based approaches (E. O’Loughlin/K. Kemner, ANL) |
| 11:00 AM | Long-term stability of biogeochemically reduced U and Cr in contaminated sediments (T. Tokunaga, LBNL) |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
Integrated Field-Scale Research Challenge: Oak Ridge Site |
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| 1:00 PM | Project overview – Site Description, Objectives, Goals and Tasks (Phil Jardine, ORNL) |
| 1:15 PM | Natural Attenuation Processes (Task B) – Objectives, Linkages to Modeling, Expected Accomplishments (D. Watson, ORNL) |
| 1:35 PM | Targeted Manipulations (Task C) – Objectives, Approach, Linkage to Modeling efforts, Expected Accomplishments (C. Criddle, Stanford Univ.) |
| 1:55 PM | Geophysics – Objectives, Methods Development, Integration with Tasks A-C. – (S. Hubbard, LBNL) |
| 2:15 PM | icrobiological Processes (Task B & C) – Objectives, Approach, Linkages among Tasks B,C & D – (J. Kostka, Florida State Univ.) |
| 2:35 PM | PM Modeling Subsurface Processes at the ORFRC (Task D)– Objectives, Linkages with other Tasks (J. Parker, ORNL) |
| 2:50 PM | Tangible Products – Outcomes, Deliverables and Opportunities (P. Jardine, ORNL) |
| 3:00 PM | Closing Comments (ERSD (now CESD) Staff) |
| 3:30 PM | Meeting adjourn |
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